LCWRA Backdated

Martin_D2

Hi am looming for some help my mother has been on universal credit and put her first sick note in on the 9 of May 2018 and on the 1 Sep 2018 thay sent a Work Capability Assessment and she had a face to face and she got a email in our portal on the 12 Nov 2018 to say she was fit to work, so we asked for a Mandatory Reconsideration request
on the 15 Nov 2018. This come back on the 13 Jan 2019 still fit for work.

So we moved into the tribunal and my mum won this at the start of August 2019. So was put onto limited capability for work and work-related activity

So how does she clam her backdated money. It’s been a nightmare 😕

tomtom256

It will be paid in the next few weeks once it's worked it's way through the DWP red tape.

poppy12345

Martin_D2 wrote: »

So how does she clam her backdated money. It’s been a nightmare 😕

It's automatically paid and can take between 5-8 weeks. She's receive the extra £336 per month backdated to the 4th month after she sent in her first fit note.

Martin_D2

Thank you just happy it’s over for a little bit

Robbie64

If your mum wishes she can apply for an advance payment of Universal Credit as her circumstances have changed and as a result her benefit will be increasing.


https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/universal-credit/claiming/get-advance-payment/


https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/universal-credit/what-youll-need-to-do-on-universal-credit/check-if-a-change-affects-your-universal-credit/


I think you can only claim this advance in the current assessment period as its meant to cover you until the next payment date (hopefully someone can advise differently if this is incorrect). That assumes that the DWP have added the LCWRA element to her UC in time. As far as I am aware the recovery of the advance will start on her next payment date so if the LCWRA hasn't been added in time it will mean she will have less to live on than she gets now until it does get added.

Martin_D2

Just a update looking like the DWP will take all the backdated money as my mum has some arrears as this is the message we got today

your request has been passed to dwp debt recovery
as you may have other debt you owe DWP .

gomer

Martin_D2 wrote: »

Just a update looking like the DWP will take all the backdated money as my mum has some arrears as this is the message we got today

your request has been passed to dwp debt recovery
as you may have other debt you owe DWP .

What sort of arrears are they?

Martin_D2

I don’t know just benefits arrears

They take this every month

Debts and loan repayments
Other DWP benefits recovery
‑ £47.67

gomer

Seems a high amount to take from benefits. May be worth asking to reduce repayments on that. I had £79 a month taken to repay tax credits which was almost a weeks rent & i got it reduced to £10 a month.

calcotti

gomer wrote: »

Seems a high amount to take from benefits. May be worth asking to reduce repayments on that. I had £79 a month taken to repay tax credits which was almost a weeks rent & i got it reduced to £10 a month.

Much harder to get deductions reduced under UC. There are default deduction rates and although DWP have discretion to vary they seem reluctant to exercise it.


In this case if DWP use the benefit arrears to pay off the debt in full then there will be no future deductions.

gomer

calcotti wrote: »

Much harder to get deductions reduced under UC. There are default deduction rates and although DWP have discretion to vary they seem reluctant to exercise it.


In this case if DWP use the benefit arrears to pay off the debt in full then there will be no future deductions.

Well that wasn't my experience. They took £79 from my uc, I said it's nearly a weeks rent so they said can you afford £10 a month instead? I said yes. Job done.